diff --git a/.github/docker/README.md b/.github/docker/README.md
index 782dce372e..81adbc8f1a 100644
--- a/.github/docker/README.md
+++ b/.github/docker/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ development environment.
 
 # How to build docker image
 
-To build docker image on local machine execute:
+To build docker image on local machine, enter the root dir of the repository and execute:
 
 ```sh
-docker build -t ur:ubuntu-22.04 -f ./ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile .
+docker build -t ur:ubuntu-22.04 -f .github/docker/ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile .
 ```
 
 To set any build time variable (e.g., an optional ARG from docker recipe), add to the command (after `build`), e.g.:
diff --git a/.github/docker/fedora-40.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/fedora-40.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70f77345fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/fedora-40.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of fedora-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("40")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/fedora@sha256:5ce8497aeea599bf6b54ab3979133923d82aaa4f6ca5ced1812611b197c79eb0
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS fedora
+ENV OS_VER 40
+ENV NOTTY 1
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	cmake \
+	git \
+	make"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	ncurses-libs-6.4 \
+	passwd \
+	sudo \
+	wget"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN dnf update -y \
+ && dnf install -y \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && dnf clean all
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+#
+# It's actively used and tested only on selected distros. Be aware
+# they may not work, because pip packages list differ from OS to OS.
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install DPC++
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user'
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+# Change shell to bash with safe pipe usage
+SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c" ]
+RUN useradd -m ${USER} \
+ && echo "${USER}:${USERPASS}" | chpasswd \
+ && gpasswd wheel -a ${USER}
+
+# Change shell back to default and switch to 'test_user'
+SHELL ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh b/.github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh
index 0aac93eee4..aa5831c734 100755
--- a/.github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh
+++ b/.github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (C) 2023 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
 # Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
 # See LICENSE.TXT
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ if [ "${SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD}" ]; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	libncurses5
-
-mkdir -p ${DPCPP_PATH}
-wget -O ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler.tar.gz https://github.com/intel/llvm/releases/download/sycl-nightly%2F20230626/dpcpp-compiler.tar.gz
-tar -xvf ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler.tar.gz -C ${DPCPP_PATH}/
+mkdir -p ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler
+wget -O ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler.tar.gz https://github.com/intel/llvm/releases/download/nightly-2024-01-29/sycl_linux.tar.gz
+tar -xvf ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler.tar.gz -C ${DPCPP_PATH}/dpcpp_compiler
diff --git a/.github/docker/opensuse-leap-15.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/opensuse-leap-15.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62a09b27ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/opensuse-leap-15.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of opensuse-leap-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("15")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/opensuse/leap@sha256:1cf79e78bb69f39fb2f78a7c2c7ebc4b64cf8d82eb1df76cd36767a595ada7a8
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS opensuse-leap
+ENV OS_VER 15
+ENV NOTTY 1
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	cmake \
+	gcc \
+	gcc-c++ \
+	git \
+	glibc-devel \
+	libstdc++-devel \
+	make"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-devel \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	gzip \
+	libncurses5 \
+	sudo \
+	tar \
+	wget"
+
+# add openSUSE Leap 15.5 Oss repo
+RUN zypper ar -f https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss/ oss
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN zypper update -y \
+ && zypper install -y \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && zypper clean all
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+#
+# It's actively used and tested only on selected distros. Be aware
+# they may not work, because pip packages list differ from OS to OS.
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install DPC++
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user' and switch to it
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+ENV PFILE ./password
+RUN useradd -m ${USER} \
+ && echo ${USERPASS} > ${PFILE} \
+ && echo ${USERPASS} >> ${PFILE} \
+ && passwd ${USER} < ${PFILE} \
+ && rm -f ${PFILE} \
+ && sed -i 's/# %wheel/%wheel/g' /etc/sudoers \
+ && groupadd wheel \
+ && gpasswd wheel -a ${USER}
+USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/rockylinux-8.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/rockylinux-8.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7581cf5bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/rockylinux-8.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of rockylinux-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("8.9")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/rockylinux@sha256:9794037624aaa6212aeada1d28861ef5e0a935adaf93e4ef79837119f2a2d04c
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS rockylinux
+ENV OS_VER 8
+ENV NOTTY 1
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	cmake \
+	git \
+	glibc-devel \
+	libstdc++-devel \
+	make"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Packages required by requirements.txt
+ARG PRE_PYTHON_DEPS="\
+	libjpeg-turbo-devel \
+	python3-devel \
+	python3-wheel \
+	zlib-devel"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	ncurses-libs-6.1 \
+	passwd \
+	sudo \
+	wget"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN dnf update -y \
+ && dnf --enablerepo devel install -y \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${PRE_PYTHON_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && dnf clean all
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+#
+# It's actively used and tested only on selected distros. Be aware
+# they may not work, because pip packages list differ from OS to OS.
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install DPC++
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user'
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+# Change shell to bash with safe pipe usage
+SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c" ]
+RUN useradd -m $USER \
+ && echo "${USERPASS}" | passwd "${USER}" --stdin \
+ && gpasswd wheel -a "${USER}" \
+ && echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+# Change shell back to default and switch to 'test_user'
+SHELL ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/rockylinux-9.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/rockylinux-9.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..171e315cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/rockylinux-9.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of rockylinux-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("9.3")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/rockylinux@sha256:d7be1c094cc5845ee815d4632fe377514ee6ebcf8efaed6892889657e5ddaaa6
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS rockylinux
+ENV OS_VER 9
+ENV NOTTY 1
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	cmake \
+	git \
+	glibc-devel \
+	libstdc++-devel \
+	make"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	ncurses-libs-6.2 \
+	passwd \
+	sudo \
+	wget"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN dnf update -y \
+ && dnf --enablerepo devel install -y \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && dnf clean all
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+#
+# It's actively used and tested only on selected distros. Be aware
+# they may not work, because pip packages list differ from OS to OS.
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install DPC++
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user'
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+# Change shell to bash with safe pipe usage
+SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c" ]
+RUN useradd -m $USER \
+ && echo "${USERPASS}" | passwd "${USER}" --stdin \
+ && gpasswd wheel -a "${USER}" \
+ && echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+# Change shell back to default and switch to 'test_user'
+SHELL ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/ubuntu-20.04.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/ubuntu-20.04.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2560bb10b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/ubuntu-20.04.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of ubuntu-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("20.04")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/ubuntu@sha256:d86db849e59626d94f768c679aba441163c996caf7a3426f44924d0239ffe03f
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS ubuntu
+ENV OS_VER 20.04
+ENV NOTTY 1
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	build-essential \
+	git"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	g++-7 \
+	libncurses5 \
+	sudo \
+	wget \
+	whois"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+ && apt-get clean all
+
+# Install CMake from source (the version in apt it's too old)
+RUN wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.20/cmake-3.20.0-linux-x86_64.sh -O cmake.sh \
+ && chmod +x cmake.sh \
+ && ./cmake.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user' and switch to it
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+RUN useradd -m "${USER}" -g sudo -p "$(mkpasswd ${USERPASS})"
+USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile
index 09eaab03a8..e582bec3b6 100644
--- a/.github/docker/ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/docker/ubuntu-22.04.Dockerfile
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
 
 #
-# Dockerfile - image with all Unified Runtime dependencies.
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of ubuntu-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
 #
 
-# Pull base image
-FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/ubuntu:22.04
+# Pull base image ("22.04")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/ubuntu@sha256:0eb0f877e1c869a300c442c41120e778db7161419244ee5cbc6fa5f134e74736
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV OS ubuntu
@@ -34,13 +35,10 @@ ARG UR_DEPS="\
 	python3 \
 	python3-pip"
 
-# Unified Runtime's dependencies (installed via pip)
-ARG UR_PYTHON_DEPS="\
-	clang-format==15.0.7"
-
 # Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
 ARG MISC_DEPS="\
 	clang \
+	libncurses5 \
 	sudo \
 	wget \
 	whois"
@@ -54,18 +52,21 @@ RUN apt-get update \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
  && apt-get clean all
 
-# pip package is pinned to a version, but it's probably improperly parsed here
-# hadolint ignore=DL3013
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir ${UR_PYTHON_DEPS}
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/ur/requirements.txt
 
 # Install DPC++
-COPY install_dpcpp.sh /opt/install_dpcpp.sh
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
 ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
-RUN /opt/install_dpcpp.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
 
 # Install libbacktrace
-COPY install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/install_libbacktrace.sh
-RUN /opt/install_libbacktrace.sh
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
 
 # Add a new (non-root) 'test_user' and switch to it
 ENV USER test_user
diff --git a/.github/docker/ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d232e1296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/docker/ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Intel Corporation
+# Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See LICENSE.TXT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#
+# Dockerfile - a 'recipe' for Docker to build an image of ubuntu-based
+#              environment for building the Unified Runtime project.
+#
+
+# Pull base image ("24.04")
+FROM registry.hub.docker.com/library/ubuntu@sha256:340d9b015b194dc6e2a13938944e0d016e57b9679963fdeb9ce021daac430221
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV OS ubuntu
+ENV OS_VER 24.04
+ENV NOTTY 1
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+# Additional parameters to build docker without building components.
+# These ARGs can be set in docker building phase and are used
+# within bash scripts (executed within docker).
+ARG SKIP_DPCPP_BUILD
+ARG SKIP_LIBBACKTRACE_BUILD
+
+# Base development packages
+ARG BASE_DEPS="\
+	build-essential \
+	cmake \
+	git"
+
+# Unified Runtime's dependencies
+ARG UR_DEPS="\
+	doxygen \
+	python3 \
+	python3-pip"
+
+# Miscellaneous for our builds/CI (optional)
+ARG MISC_DEPS="\
+	clang \
+	libncurses5 \
+	sudo \
+	wget \
+	whois"
+
+# Update and install required packages
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	${BASE_DEPS} \
+	${UR_DEPS} \
+	${MISC_DEPS} \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+ && apt-get clean all
+
+# Prepare a dir (accessible by anyone)
+RUN mkdir --mode 777 /opt/ur/
+
+# Additional dev. dependencies (installed via pip)
+COPY third_party/requirements.txt /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /opt/ur/requirements.txt
+
+# Install DPC++
+COPY .github/docker/install_dpcpp.sh /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+ENV DPCPP_PATH=/opt/dpcpp
+RUN /opt/ur/install_dpcpp.sh
+
+# Install libbacktrace
+COPY .github/docker/install_libbacktrace.sh /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+RUN /opt/ur/install_libbacktrace.sh
+
+# Add a new (non-root) 'test_user' and switch to it
+ENV USER test_user
+ENV USERPASS pass
+RUN useradd -m "${USER}" -g sudo -p "$(mkpasswd ${USERPASS})"
+USER test_user